Movie reviews: The Jungle Book, Eye in the Sky, The Brand New Testament

The Jungle Book 4/5

On the face of it, The Jungle Book (PG) may be one of the most unnecessary remakes to emerge from Hollywood in recent times — is there anyone who hasn’t seen the animated original? — but this live-action version, directed by Jon Favreau, offers more than a nostalgia cash-in.

Neel Sethi plays Mowgli, the man-cub raised in the jungle by wolves, who must abandon the life he loves when the fearsome tiger Shere Khan (voiced by Idris Elba) decides the evil that Mowgli represents has no place in the natural world.